^°195s^^] General Notes. 483 



Calcarius lapponicus alascensis. Alaskan Longspur. — Unquestion- 

 ably of ordinary occurrence east of the Cascade Mountains, but the only 

 authentic record appears to be that of a specimen, a female of notably 

 light coloration, taken in Seattle in October, 1907, by Mr. E. H. Jones. 



Amphispiza bilineata deserticola. Desert Sparrow. — A singing male 

 was first seen in the sage-brush near our camp on Brook Lake, in Douglas 

 County, May 31, 1908. He was narrowly observed on several occasions 

 subsequent, and once appeared in company with a female. A male bird 

 was several times sighted through a stretch of half a mile or so along the 

 north shore of the lake, but never more than one at a time, and we could 

 not be sure that above a single pair existed in the county — or indeed in 

 the State. 



Melospiza lincolnii. Lincoln's Song Sparrow. — Until recently curi- 

 ously overlooketl, although records abound on all sides of us. The 

 first specimen noted was picked up from the ground beneath telegraph 

 wires in Tacoma, May 22, 1906, by A. Gordon Bowles, Jr. This summer 

 (June 28- July 14) I found a breeding colony of some twenty individuals, 

 which occupied the swamp at Longmire's Springs, in the Rainier National 

 Park. The altitude was nearly 3000 feet, and the birds on the first of July 

 seemed to be about evenly divided between care of youngsters out of nest 

 and preparations for a second nesting. 



Helminthophila celata. Orange-crowned Warbler. — Spec, cJ', by 

 J. H. Bowles, Tacoma, May 8, 1907. (Ident. by Dept. of Agriculture, 

 Washington, D. C). Believed to be regularly migrant east and west of 

 the Cascades. 



Hylocichla ustulata swainsonii. Olive-backed Thrush. — Thrushes of 

 the ustulata group found along the eastern slopes of the Cascade Mountains 

 have been allowed to pass as typicus, although it was presumed that 

 specimens taken in the Kalispell region would prove to be swainsonii. 

 To our surprise, Mr. Bowles finds swainsonii alone this summer, in the 

 valley of the Stehekin, Chelan County, where they are very common up ta 

 4000 feet. Specimens compared at Washington, by courtesy of Dr. A. K. 

 Fisher. 



Hylocichla guttata. Alaska Her.^iit Thrush. — Two'records :; Tacoma, 

 April 15, 1905, by J. H. Bowles; Seattle, Sept. 21, 1907, by Jennie V. 

 Getty. Identification by Biol. Surv., Washington, D. C. 



Hylocichla guttata sequoiensis. Sierra Hermit _^ Thrush. — Now 

 established as the resident breeding form in the Cascade Mountains, at 

 least west of the divide. Twin Lake, Mt. Baker District, Aug. 9, 1905, 

 by W. L. Dawson. 



Dryobates villosus hyloscopus. Cabanis's Woodpecker. — One speci- 

 men, Q , Dec. 25, 1895, by Geo. G. Cantwell (J. H. Bowles in^ejnst. Ident. 

 by Bureau of Biol. Surv., Washington, D. C). This identification is made 

 in careful distinction from D. v. moniicola, which occurs regularly in the 

 northeastern part of the State, and to which the reference in Bendire, Life 

 Hist. N. A. Birds, II (1895), p. 53, is presumed to belong. Others seen at 

 Kirkland by Miss Jennie V. Getty. 



